Reshaping Your Identity

Identity is everything in this world. Who you are shapes the whole world around you and how people treat you on a regular basis. Remember that you can always improve on your identity and become an even better person over time. It is going to take hard work and dedication though, keep that in mind. But if you give a sincere effort to become a better person then there is no reason why you should reshape your identity for the better in your personal development goals.

Who are you? What kind of person do you want to be in a week from now, a month, and year? You have to think about the kind of person you are now and where you want to get to in order to understand what it is going to take to change. Once you have an idea about the type of person you want to be it becomes easier for you to understand the steps necessary to change. Go ahead and start writing down things that you like and dislike about yourself and figure out what changes you want to make and how fast.

Once you have an idea about all of the changes you want to make, create long and short term goals for yourself. Goals are a great thing to go by because they give you something to strive for. When you break your goals down into short weekly goals, medium monthly goals and yearly long term goals it becomes easier to track your progress and to see if you are developing at the rate you wish to develop.

Go ahead and ask your friends, coworkers and family for advice on how you can make improvements. The people that see you every day are the people that are going to offer you the best advice. If you want to understand how you should make improvements then ask them how you can go about changing some of your habits or attributes. Sometimes you may find that something you are insecure about is not that big of a deal to everyone else. When you consult with others about how you feel and what improvements you wish to make, it can help shed light onto what you should focus your attention on to develop yourself.

Make sure that you constantly check into how you are progressing in your development efforts. You want to make sure that you are making progress and on time. Do not waste time by neglecting to see how much you have developed over time, this is the best way to see if you are dedicated and making any true progress. You should check yourself at the end of every week and see if you've made any improvements in areas you are interested in improving in, like weight loss efforts or building your social skills.

Don't you feel like you can be whoever you want now? Your identity can be improved but only if you make efforts to do so. If you sit around and expect yourself to change for no reason then nothing is going to happen. Keep this in mind and remember that you can change, it is just going to take time.